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Above the Fold

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• Hurricane Delta? Yet another tropical storm is strengthening and could make landfall in Gulf Coast this week (USA Today)

• With 81 homicides, Chicago recorded its deadliest September in over 25 years (Fox News)

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The Latest on COVID-19

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• President Donald Trump posts video update from hospital (Disrn)

• Trump salutes fans outside Walter Reed hospital in motorcade drive-by (Washington Examiner)

• A list of White House staff and top Republicans who have tested positive (Reuters)

• Stats suggest that lockdowns may have had little effect on spread (National Review)

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Politics

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• Biden campaign reportedly pulling negative ads against Trump after his COVID diagnosis (The Daily Wire)

• “I hope they die”: Left-wingers react to positive coronavirus diagnosis for the Trumps (The Federalist)

• Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation will move forward, Mitch McConnell says (NPR)

• “Our liberties … have been stampeded over by these dirty cops”: Republicans rage over unverified but potentially damning Russian report on Clinton, suggest shutting down intelligence agencies (Washington Examiner)

• New Supreme Court term begins Monday, with major cases from ObamaCare to religious liberty on the docket (Washington Examiner)

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Around the Nation

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• Michigan governor vows to continue coronavirus measures despite state supreme court declaring them unconstitutional (The Daily Wire)

• “Our presentation followed the facts and the evidence”: Highly anticipated grand jury recordings of Breonna Taylor case have been released (Disrn)

• New Home, Texas, becomes the 15th city in the nation to outlaw abortion (Disrn)

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Other Notables

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• NBA viewership keeps sinking: Game 2 of NBA finals the least-watched game on record (Washington Examiner)

• Hondurans in migrant caravan bused back after entering Guatemala (Fox News)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: Could it happen here? The parallels between the Soviet Bloc and the modern U.S. (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: The Fed and the housing bubble/bust (Mises Institute)

• Humor: BREAKING: Trump refuses to denounce white blood cell supremacy during COVID bout (Genesius Times)

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